Now, we ALL know the stories of North Korea are terrifying and extremely sad.

This is a dictatorial government that is set up for one purpose and that is to enrich its members and remain in power.

Kim Jung Un is a man who follows so closely in the footsteps of his father and his grandfather before him that it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between the regimes.

This is the type of despot who accepts foreign aid in the form of rice and wheat and other food products by the metric ton, only to confiscate it for use almost exclusively by members of his government, while rationing off the rest of it to the citizens of the country.

Hence, North Korea is in a perpetual state of poverty for exactly these reasons. They also pose a sizable threat to their neighbors; Japan among them.

“Last night, North Korea tested another ballistic missile that experts believe is capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. Of course the ‘test’ failed instantly. The media believed it was a ‘test’ of President Trump, especially since he was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. North Korea wants to know what they’re dealing with in Trump. I think they got their answer last night.

The media and North Korea expected a fiery statement and a flurry of tweets from President Trump. What they got instead was a measured and calm sentence that showed President Trump to be a man of prudence.

His statement after Prime Minister Abe’s was brief and to the point:

‘I just want everybody to understand, and fully know, that the United States of America is behind Japan, our great ally, 100%.‘”

The Left can say and believe whatever they like about the new president, but reality will surely be their undoing.

They fully expect the worst of Trump and his response to mentally unstable world leaders like this, but when it doesn’t occur the way their narrative says it will, they immediately call a time-out and regroup in order to plot the next disqualifying headline.